nvidia-96 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build

[John Bradshaw]

Software upgrade failed - see attached logs

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-96 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-34.49~precise1-generic 3.8.13.12
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-34-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.108 Wed Jul 31 20:03:20 PDT 2013
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-35-generic
Date: Sat Jan 4 14:15:51 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-304-updates, 304.108, 3.8.0-34-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-304-updates, 304.108, 3.8.0-35-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-96, 96.43.23: added
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G71GL [Quadro FX 1500] [10de:029e] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:032c]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex GX280
MarkForUpload: True
PackageVersion: 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-34-generic root=UUID=5a7ff5b1-ae6c-4dce-9c6f-76464f5a1b40 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96
Title: nvidia-96 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1: nvidia-96 kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/09/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: 0C7195
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd02/09/2005:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlexGX280:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0C7195:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX280
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu0.0.3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.14
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build3

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 576648, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.